Page 1: Introduction

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James Ford
STA 6233: Advanced R Programming
Spring 2021

Background

This report analyzes the high school graduates from Northside ISD (NISD) in San Antonio and the extent to which they enrolled in college locally.

Data was downloaded from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) for Class of 2017 - 2019 high school graduates, as well as 6-year college degree completion rates.

The following pages detail the data results.

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Map: Zoom in, mouse over, and click on icons (HS and College Campuses) and polygons (School Districts)

Page 2: NISD High Schools

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HS Graduates

A total of 6989 students graduated from NISD high schools in the Class of 2019 (the latest data available).

The interactive graphs/table to the right depict: (1) the number and proportion of graduates by high school and whether they enrolled locally in higher education institutions, non-local institutions, or did not enroll in college; (2) the percent share each local college received from each high school; and, (3) actual counts of HS graduates enrolling locally.

Note that Trinity University was not listed in the THECB figures as the enrollment counts per high school were below the reporting threshold, and are therefore included with non-local colleges.

Key findings include:
\(*\) A total of 38% of 2019 NISD HS graduates enrolled in local higher education institutions.
\(*\) Health Careers HS had the highest percentage of graduates both enrolling in any local institution as well as the most choosing UTSA.
\(*\) Except for Health Careers, Northwest Vista College (NWV) was the primary institution chosen by NISD graduates.

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Graph: Grads by Enroll

Graph: Enroll Local College

Table: Enroll Local College

HS TotGrads IWC NWV OLLU PAC SAC SPC StMU TAMUSA UTSA
BRANDEIS H S 619 8 145 NA NA 15 NA 5 5 96
BRENNAN H S 560 13 157 NA 5 8 NA NA 5 35
CHAVEZ EXCEL ACADEMY 268 NA 34 NA NA 6 NA NA NA 7
CLARK H S 614 11 79 NA NA 32 6 13 NA 71
HARLAN H S 412 7 102 NA NA 8 NA NA NA 29
HEALTH CAREERS H S 192 9 29 NA NA 5 NA 10 NA 41
HOLMES H S 587 8 94 8 7 28 17 8 18 34
JAY H S 601 12 84 6 21 29 9 8 8 39
MARSHALL H S 520 9 95 NA NA 30 6 NA NA 39
O’CONNOR H S 726 9 177 7 NA NA NA 6 NA 87
STEVENS H S 659 15 179 NA 5 13 NA NA 7 42
TAFT H S 575 13 166 NA NA 7 NA 10 NA 42
WARREN H S 656 16 156 NA NA 11 14 NA 5 54

Page 3: Local Higher Ed

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Local Higher Education

Over the last three years, enrollment of NISD HS graduates in local higher education institutions has risen 13% percent to 2654 students.

The interactive graphs/table to the right depict: (1) the trend in NISD graduates enrolling locally; and, (2) the number of students earning at least one degree within 6 years (Class of 2008-2010, the latest figures available).

Key findings include:
\(*\) Northwest Vista College (NWV) comprises more than half of the total NISD graduate enrollees.
\(*\) The number of NISD graduates enrolling at UTSA has declined each of the last two years while San Antonio College (SAC) nearly doubled in 2019 enrollments over 2018 levels.
\(*\) UTSA enrollees had the highest number of degrees earned, followed closely by NWV.

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Graph: College Outcomes